Estero in Class 5A baseball Final Four

1:26 AM,
May 11, 2013

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Concepcion Ledezma
Special to news-press.com

PLANTATION - Estero's offense was once again skimpy, but that didn't matter with lefthander Zeke Pietryk rising to the occasion in the most important game in Wildcat history.

The junior pitcher silenced the potent bats of defending state champion Plantation American Heritage, holding the host Patriots to just three hits in a 3-2 victory in Friday's Region 5A-4 final and lifting the Wildcats (20-9) to their first state Final Four berth. Estero avenged its 1-0 loss to the same Patriots a year ago.

"Two games ago, we had just three hits," Estero coach Frank Turco said. "The last game we had just ...